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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Raymund Gasgh. Gasgh Raymund King and council The petitioner shows that he has letters...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/48/2376
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/48/2376
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1340]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Raymund Gasgh.
- Name(s)
- Gasgh, Raymund
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- The petitioner shows that he has letters of credence from the people of Oleron that the so-called king of France entered into their island against their will and robbed their goods, killed many of the king's men and broke the seal of his arms. The petitioner requests that thirty ships and ten galleys manned by men-at-arms from Bordeaux and Bayonne be sent to the said island to drive out the traitors, and that letters be sent to the seneschal ordering him to fortify the island. After the island is conquered the petitioner requests that twenty men-at-arms and five hundred foot-soldiers be despatched as a garrison, and that as in other times the Englishman Bodeketon be appointed their leader.
- Nature of endorsement
- The king commands that help be sent immediately to the people of the island to the contentment of the petitioner. Concerning the other matters the king will respond at the time of his choosing.
- Places mentioned
- Idle Oeleron (Isle d'Oleron), [Saintonge, France]
- Bourdeux (Bordeaux), [Guyenne, France]
- Baion (Bayonne), [Gascony, France]
- France
- People mentioned
- [Philip VI], King of France
- Seneschal of Gascony
- William de Bodeketon.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated c. 1340 on the basis that this must date from after Edward III's assumption of the title of King of France in that year.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Parliamentary Petition 3835
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062588/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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